Information Society Innovation Fund
Details of the organization
Name *
ISIF Asia - Information Society Innovation Fund
Country *
Australia
Website (URL)
https://www.isif.asia
Type *
Others
Information about the project
Project title *
Information Society Innovation Fund
Title acronym
ISIF Asia
Description *
The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) has successfully invested over USD2.4 million in 86 innovative initiatives in the Asia Pacific in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Marking its 10th anniversary in 2018, ISIF Asia is a unique regional grants and awards program empowering communities in the 56 economies of the Asia Pacific to research, design and implement Internet-based solutions for their own needs. The program places particular emphasis on the positive role the Internet can have in social and economic development in the region in the context of the UN’s SDGs. With a strong link to SDG 9, ISIF Asia provides support through competitive grants and awards processes as well as offering a range of capacity building opportunities for selected recipients. Since 2008, ISIF Asia has provided 60 grants and 26 awards that focused on exciting and new access solutions, connectivity, education, health, localization, language preservation, freedom of expression, open data, and support for disabilities. During the 2015-2017 grants and award cycle, ISIF Asia launched an initiative to track which of the Sustainable Development Goals, each project supported contribute to: http://seedalliance.net/
Project website
https://www.isif.asia
Geographical coverage *
Regional implementation
Regions of implementation
Asia and Pacific
Status *
Ongoing
from 15/05/2008
to
31/12/2019
Partners
IDRC, Internet Society, Dot Asia, Sida, ICANN, APIA
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
*
International and regional cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Project type *
Programme
